On May 10, 2006, the President signed Executive Order 13,402, establishing
an Identity Theft Task Force aimed at using federal resources effectively
to deter, prevent, detect, investigate, proceed against, prosecute, and
remediate Identity Theft. The Attorney General serves as Chairman, with
the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission serving as Co-Chairman. The
Task Force has four subgroups: Criminal and Law Enforcement, Education
and Outreach, Data Security, and Legislation and Administrative Action.
Assistant Attorney General Brand serves as the chair of the Legislation
and Administrative Action subgroup, which is charged with suggesting changes
in existing law, rules, regulation, and policy to improve the investigation,
prosecution, and prevention of identity theft. To that end, Assistant
Attorney General Brand and the Office of Legal Policy (OLP) have played
a key role in the assessment of our federal identity theft-related efforts
and the development of policies designed to improve those efforts. In
September 2006, the Task Force delivered to the President a series of
Interim Recommendations, and in December 2006, the Task Force submitted
for public comment a notice on potential future recommendations. OLP will
continue to play a leading role in finalizing a Strategic Plan for delivery
to the President and implementation of the recommendations proposed in
that Plan.
Executive Order 13,402 - Strengthening Federal Efforts to Protect Against Identity Theft
Interim Recommendations of the Identity Theft Task Force (September 2006)
Identity Theft Task Force Notice for Public Comments (December 2006)
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